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Old 02-19-2015, 11:13 AM
 
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I'm Black- Give me a Noble

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I'm Black- Give me an Oscar.
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Old 02-19-2015, 12:29 PM
 
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Yes, this could have been posted in Entertainment but nowadays .. Everything is Political!

In case you're wondering .. the last word in the quote is not schitt in the original article.



Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot 2015 - The Hollywood Reporter
The Oscars have been political for YEARS!
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Old 02-19-2015, 12:34 PM
 
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But you are saying because they are black they deserve to win. If this group voted last year to nominate "12 years a slave" but not "Selma" this year, how are they discriminating against black movies???
12 Years a Slave is not a black movie. It is a Quentin Tarantino movie--last I checked, Quentin Tarantino is white.

There is no "art" to American Sniper or Boyhood. I wonder why the anonymous balloteer chose not to talk about those?
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Old 02-19-2015, 12:41 PM
 
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If Selma wasn't "good" it wouldn't have a 98% rating on rotten tomatoes. Judging from the comments its probably one of the few Hollywood Republicans.
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Old 02-19-2015, 12:50 PM
 
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12 Years a Slave is not a black movie. It is a Quentin Tarantino movie--last I checked, Quentin Tarantino is white.

There is no "art" to American Sniper or Boyhood. I wonder why the anonymous balloteer chose not to talk about those?
Oh my, we are taking this to a whole new level...12 years a slave is a black movie...it's about slavery, not sure how much more black you can get. The fact Quentin directed it shouldn't even matter because he is white but I guess it does to you.

And art is subjective. From what I heard about Selma the biggest gripe is that it was historically inaccurate.

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Old 02-19-2015, 12:52 PM
 
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If Selma wasn't "good" it wouldn't have a 98% rating on rotten tomatoes. Judging from the comments its probably one of the few Hollywood Republicans.
The ratings come from critics. Probably because 98% of them are liberal.
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Old 02-19-2015, 12:55 PM
 
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Oh my, we are taking this to a whole new level...12 years a slave is a black movie...it's about slavery, not sure how much more black you can get. The fact Quentin directed it shouldn't even matter because he is white but I guess it does to you.

And art is subjective. From what I heard about Selma the biggest gripe is that it was historical inaccurate.
Why I didn't see it.

Huge inaccuracies.
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Old 02-19-2015, 12:55 PM
 
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12 Years a Slave is not a black movie. It is a Quentin Tarantino movie--last I checked, Quentin Tarantino is white.

There is no "art" to American Sniper or Boyhood. I wonder why the anonymous balloteer chose not to talk about those?
12 Years a Slave is not Django Unchained.

Last I checked, 12 Years a Slave is the true story of Solomon Northup.
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Old 02-19-2015, 12:57 PM
 
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The movie sucked.

Get over it.
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Why I didn't see it.

Huge inaccuracies.
Typical. Trash something without even seeing it.
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Old 02-19-2015, 01:02 PM
 
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The ratings come from critics. Probably because 98% of them are liberal.
It has 194/197 positive ratings, that is a pretty decent sign that its good, I would recommend seeing it if you haven't. Furthermore if those rating only have to do with politics and race then why does The Color Purple only have an 88% rating? Are there some critics who think being critical of The Color Purple is ok, but being critical of Selma violates some magical liberal code that only conservatives know about?
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